Film holder



Oct. 14, 1924.

A. H. BARNES FILM. HOLDER Filed Sent; 21. 1921 gwue ntoi AJZEQ Gama 101 Patented Oct. 14, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE- f ARTHUR H. BARNES, OE MONTGOMERY CITY, MISSOURI. v

FILM HOLDER.

Application filed September 21, 1921. Serial No. 502,171.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ARTHUR H. BARNES, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Montgomery City, in the county of Montgomery and Stateof Missouri, has inducing the latter to enclose and forward their films to the house for development, under conditions insuring the safety and preservation 0f the films; and with this object in View the invention consists in a construe-- tion and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a film holder embodying the invention in condition for transportation by mail or otherwise.

Figure 2 is a view of the holder in the open or spread condition ready for the reception of a film and showing the inner side thereof.

Figure 3 is a similar View showing the outside of the holder.

The holder consists of a blank 10 offlexible material such as paper or its equivalent having an interior cushioned lining 11 of corrugated paper or its equivalent, said blank being provided at one end with a closure or sealing flap 12, adjacent to which upon a suitable blank 13 may appear the name and address of the developer or de veloping house, and at the other end with a retaining tongue 14, said sealing flap and retaining tongue being gummed as indicated respectively at 12 and 14; for the convenience of the party desiring to forward a film for development.

As indicated by the dotted lines at115 in Figure 2 a film may be placed. upon the con rugated or cushioned inner surface of the blank and secured by means of the gummed tongue 14 whereupon the blank may be rolled to the form shown in Figure 1 and sealed by means of the flap 12 for deposit in the mails or for otherwise carrying 'to the developer or developing house underconditions protecting the film from being light struck and also from accumulation of dust or contact with objects likely to cause the. blurring or injury thereof. Obviously the developed prints or pictures or fixed films may be returned to the sender by the same means ,or. through the same agency 1 and therefore under conditions not requiring the folding thereof or such mutilation as would render them unacceptable to the photographer. s j

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is 1 A film transporting holder comprising an elongated sheet, a flap applied to one side .{of

the sheetv and at the end thereof, said flap having its end edges-spaced from the side edges of the sheet, the said flap being provided around its edge beyond the end of the sheet with an adhesive, the said adhesive being upon that side of the flap which is at tached to the side surface'of the sheet, a'

tongue applied to the opposite end of the sheet and having a portion projecting beyond the adjacent end of the sheet, an ad-.

hesive carried by thegside of the tongue which is disposed away from the adjacent side ofithe sheet, the side edges of the tongue being spaced from the side'edges of the sheet, and the median longitudinal dimension of the tongue being aligned with the median longitudinal dimension of the sheet and aligned with the transverse di mension of the flap which is located midway between the ends of the flap. v

In testnnony whereof he affixes his signature.

ARTHUR H. BARNES. I 

